'Naturalistic' definitions:
Definition of 'naturalistic'
From: WordNet
adjective
Representing what is real; not abstract or ideal; "realistic portraiture"; "a realistic novel"; "in naturalistic colors"; "the school of naturalistic writers" [syn: naturalistic, realistic]
Definition of 'Naturalistic'
From: GCIDE
- Naturalistic \Nat`u*ral*is"tic\, a.
- 1. Belonging to the doctrines of naturalism. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Closely resembling nature; realistic. "Naturalistic bit of pantomime." --W. D. Howells. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'naturalistic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animist,
- animistic,
- atomistic,
- authentic,
- bona fide,
- candid,
- card-carrying,
- characteristic,
- commonsense,
- cosmotheistic,
- Cyrenaic,
- delineative,
- depictive,
- descriptive,
- dinkum,
- distinctive,
- distinguishing,
- eclectic,
- Eleatic,
- empirical,
- Epicurean,
- eudaemonistic,
- exemplary,
- existential,
- expositive,
- expressive,
- faithful,
- following the letter,
- general,
- genuine,
- good,
- graphic,
- hedonic,
- hedonist,
- hedonistic,
- honest,
- honest-to-God,
- humanist,
- humanistic,
- hylomorphous,
- hylotheistic,
- idealistic,
- inartificial,
- instrumentalist,
- lawful,
- legitimate,
- lifelike,
- literal,
- Marxian,
- Marxist,
- materialist,
- materialistic,
- mechanist,
- mechanistic,
- Megarian,
- metaphysical,
- monistic,
- natural,
- naturalist,
- naturistic,
- nominalist,
- normal,
- orderly,
- original,
- panlogistical,
- pantheistic,
- positivist,
- positivistic,
- pragmatic,
- pragmatist,
- pure,
- quintessential,
- rationalistic,
- real,
- realist,
- realistic,
- regular,
- representative,
- rightful,
- sample,
- scholastic,
- sensationalistic,
- simon-pure,
- simple,
- sincere,
- sterling,
- Stoic,
- sure-enough,
- syncretistic,
- theistic,
- transcendentalist,
- transcendentalistic,
- true to form,
- true to life,
- true to nature,
- true to reality,
- true to type,
- typal,
- typic,
- typical,
- unadulterated,
- unaffected,
- unassumed,
- unassuming,
- uncolored,
- unconcocted,
- uncopied,
- uncounterfeited,
- undisguised,
- undisguising,
- undistorted,
- unexaggerated,
- unexceptional,
- unfabricated,
- unfanciful,
- unfeigned,
- unfeigning,
- unfictitious,
- unflattering,
- unimagined,
- unimitated,
- uninvented,
- unpretended,
- unpretending,
- unqualified,
- unromantic,
- unsimulated,
- unspecious,
- unsynthetic,
- unvarnished,
- usual,
- utilitarian,
- verbal,
- verbatim,
- veridical,
- verisimilar,
- vitalistic,
- vivid,
- voluntarist,
- voluntaristic,
- well-drawn,
- word-for-word